Friday, June 26, 2009

A Wicked Little Tea Party

The day had started nice enough…lovely walk, beautifulblue skies, not a worry in my head. Until I read The Note.

A simple little phone message struck terror in my heart. I hadn’t seen the darn rabbit in a week! Silly me had thought surely since the rabbit was much larger than the Chihuahuas that he would be safely contained in the yard. I had forgotten about Rabbit Holes and magic doors . . . I began trembling. What to do? Oh, you only know the NICE Alice, the sweet little Alice when everything in Wonderland is going her way. Well. Alice has a wicked side. I’ve seen Alice when she’s Angry, and she’s

TEN FEET TALL.

And the pills that mother gives her won’t do anything at all to calm her down. What to do, what to do? Head spinning . . .

Yes! A party! With presents and bribes. Get her in a good mood before I tell her the tragic little story about losing her rabbit. And CAKE!Alice does love a good cake.

I had just stepped inside to fetch the tea…and there she was!Like magic, out of no where. More like Black Magic.

“Oh Alice” I said trying to get on her good side. If she has one that is . . . “I’m LOVIN the new tat!”

“Thank you” Alice purred. “It’s the Serenity Prayer.”

Well it must have been helping, because she was looking pretty serene.

It all seemed to be working for me . . . did that little bird in her hair just say something to me???

I think he said “remember”?!?

Remember what? Getting nervous again.

I try to distract Alice with tea. **heavy sigh of relief**. She appears to be amused. But that darn bird keeps chirping, “remember…remember”.

Remember what? Alice does not like tea?

Of course. Alice is twenty-one. She likes a little wine. What ever it takes to get her relaxed and to forget about her rabbit…

Alice starts singing a haunting little tune…ever so softly…I lean in to listen.

“And if you go chasing rabbits, and you know you’re going to fall…” It sounds vaguely familiar. And creepy. Especially considering the news I have to give her.

“Alice?” I say. “Hmmmm, yes?” she answers dreamily.

Again from the bird, “Remember what the dormouse said”. What?!?!? What did the dormouse say? “Feed your head” he nearly shouted, as if the answer was that obvious. Oh YES!

I offered Alice cake. She nibbled on the berries. Oh sure, Alice, I thought to myself . . . no wonder you stay so sleek. Then I looked the cake over. . . all that whipped cream and chocolate that would be left over for me . . . oh, I was having a lovely vision of me and the cake . . . alone. . .with perhaps a little wine. . . when Alice spoke….nearly giving me a heart attack.

SOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooooooWHERE IS MY RABBIT????

I choked a little on my imaginary cake.

“Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm?”

“You didn’t . . .lose my rabbit, did you?”

again with the bird, SINGING this time,

“And the white knight is talking backwards And the Red Queen's "Off with her head!"

It’s getting spooky here.

Think quick, think quick!

The presents!

Oh! Alicelikes!

Of course she does . . . Alice adores herself.

I push my luck a little too far in trying to pass this off as her Rabbit.

Bad idea.

Alice is texting her attorney.

Again with the bird, this time singing something about logic and proportion…

Suddenly, we hear rustling in the bushes. I am filled with anticipation and fear and oh please let it be her rabbit!

Out pops that little white face with the teeny tiny little bunny ears. I’ll tell you, I have never been so happy in my life to see that rabbit. “Off with her head” kept running through my brain, and I was counting my lucky stars.

UNTIL

I realized that Alice was feeding that rotten rabbit all the whipped cream off the cake!

Oh well.

All’s well that ends well.

It would have been a week’s worth of Weight Watcher points anyway.

Thank you for joining us in our Wicked Little Tea Party.

Now for the Giveaway!

Leave me a comment and I will enter your name in the drawing for this little prop from the photo shoot. Alice will be picking the winning comment from a hat, so remember her wicked side . . .

Written by
Deborah

153 comments:

Wow this is fabulous...I was riveted! Thank heavens that rabbit showed up! Gorgeous pics! Thank you for letting me drop by...Please come on over for a visit to my mad tea party for fun, games and giveaways!

I am so glad things ended well over here at your tea party! And Alice wasn't so cranky after all! She was nice enough to share the cake with me! But, why do I feel myself getting smaller and smaller now......?

Deborah You are a clever clever woman. I loved the story. You should put in a book from for Alice to read to her wicked children some day. BTW Alice is absolutely gorgeous. She looks like a movie star. I'm sooo jealous of that hair! Not the rabitt but the beautiful blonde stuff on Alice's head.I would love some of that cake did the rabbit leave any? Oh a little wine too.The pictures and your story were perfect! Wish you lived close- your wicked Alice and my crazy girl could join you and I for a little tea, I mean wine party- now that would be fun.I'm assuming that the sparkly give- away is magic. If that's the case then I definitely need it. It was fun. See you later at Vanessa's.xo-jj

Oh that Alice is truly wicked...I thought that may happen to her after all of her adventures in wonderland! I am wondering though, if you could distract her with her serenity tattoo and she would take a deep breath before texting her attorney?

How freaking Awesome is this post...Rock on Girl...I absolutely loved attending your Mad Hatter Tea Party, and yes we must remember that wicked side..everyone has it in them..hehehe Thanks for sharing and stopping by my magical world. This was awesome! Great job...!CHeers

Oh what a lovely tale...so glad she didn't 'off your head,' tee hee! She is beautiful...your daughter right? And that giveaway...oh me oh my...thanks for the chance. And please visit my 'Mad Tea Party' adventure if you get a chance.

i think this is my favorite teaparty of the day! i totally enjoyed your blog entry, and i'll definitely be back to see what you do on your non-mad-tea-party days! confectioners sugar and licorice bits, yours truly, the kitchen goddess.

That is a great story! Alice is so beautiful but you are right, she is very scary. I had to hide in the shrubbery until I was sure it was safe to come out! Thank goodness Rabbit turned up in the end!Sarah :)

absolutely wonderful!! And I'm so glad you found that rabbit of hers, I was getting a little nervous myself sitting at the table! And that bird..."off with his head!" Thanks for stopping by my place and thanks for the invite, I truly enjoyed myself!

what a medium, what a story, what suspense, deborah!! this is the first like this i've seen on your blog and it had me riveted. plus it was kind of scary, which i have no doubt you wanted. and this is your daughter? wow. what a project the two of you did together.

next: the crystal. oh,deargod, wouldn't i just love that crystal. i would take good care of it and give it plenty of sunshine. that is, if the universe decides to rig the ballot on my behalf...

So glad Alice was able to get back her rabbit, you wouldn't want to be on her bad side, I think. And though she may be just a tiny bit wicked, Alice is very dreamy! I had a lovely time stopping in at the party, thank you!!!

-SuePS - I did not make the flamingo fountain, it is in the garden at one of my favorite restaurants. It's cool, no?

Hi Deborah,What a beautiful Alice! What a scrumptious looking cake!I am glad rabbit was found.lol I enjoyed your Tea Party. It was delightful.Thanks for stopping by my party and for the nice comment.8-)

WOW! First of all, is that lovely girl your daughter? Secondly, I have never seen anyone with these many comments and thirdly, what a fun idea! Any wonder how you even had time to come to visit the Tea Rat! He knows that there was some kind of tea party this weekend; maybe that explains the low attendance at his little soirée...but what a wonderful, magical event you all engaged in; I totally missed participating :( I hope I can keep in the loop next time! Thanks for coming, Deborah! Anita

WHOA...this is my first time here and I am blown away with this post. I was right on the edge of my computer chair and nearly turned over.~~ FABULOUS!! Absolutely FABULOUS!!I WILL be back...for sure!xo bj

Thanks for visiting my blog and the nice comments.Your story is 'deliciously wicked' ;) Looks like you had a great time composing it, the photos were fantastic!!!! But I wouldn't expect anything less from a Jersey Girl ;)

What a magical tribute and celebration! I love old children's books, esp the illustrations! Your magical recreation of Alice in Wonderland and her tea party with the White Rabbit is fabulous! Feels like I fell down that hole into a secret garden party!

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog for my pre-party. I finally ended up with a Brunch, but it's done. You're party looks like it was super wicked!! I'm off to hop around your blog and snoop around. Ta ta!!

WhY had I never found your site before????Much too remiss of me to miss such possibilities of delights...Why when I have Rose Red and Snow White as granddaughters, are they so camera shy?? What is wrong with modern day youth? Snow White is a black belt and once was a goth, I'm just agonising over lost opportunities.

Red roses on cakes and black patterned stockings admixed with a few tats make a wonderful feast.Thinking of Alice's more seedy side, did you think of serving her rabbit stew?

Good Morning Deborah, I am visiting once again, for the other night it was: really...night. You have conquered fear and have been an angel towards Alice and so you called upon the good spirits to bring back rabbit. It is wonderful, such photostory; really love it. Beautiful girl, this Alice ( like mother like daughter, is she ). You were right about me overworking: must stop this mess in my head. So today I went to Xanga ( my other blog ) and visited two of my friends there: Alyssa and Amber...Have a wonderful day, thank you for the teaGodeliva van Ariadone

I'm done with the party and on to the clean-up. I have a lot of party to visit and loads of work to do. My computer keeps shutting the internet down- the damn thing I just replaced it a few months ago. I think I'm extra magnetic and interfere with the waves of energy. Yeah I'm weird too. Okay back to Monday- have a good one. BTW I so enjoyed your party you did a wonderful job.xo-jj

I hope your son is doing well. Thank you to him for serving our country and to you, for raising a man who found it within himself to serve so selflessly. I can't imagine that was an easy job...especially when it came to watching him leave for deployment.

WOW! I don't even know if you will get this message since you have so many, but thank you sweet Deborah for visiting and saying farewell for now. I will be back soon but will still visit! You are so lucky to have so many friends that respond!!!! Au revoir, et à la prochaine! Anita

It is so curious that these Mad Tea Parties are still going strong! I've yet to clean mine up, so please feel free to follow me back down the rabbit hole to Haute Whimsy before life goes back to mundane!

I stopped by your party on saturday but it was too crowded , you are so popular and your party was so great , so at this time I couldn't say hello to you. So I'm back and I wanted to let you know I had the best time ever. See you next year

My sweet Deborah, I just posted something important that I want you to see. I also wanted to thank you for being my best cyber friend. Now wouldn't you like to be my neighbor? You could move to Michigan and deal with our unpredictable, crazy, bleeeep weather? Last week it was in the nineties and this week 60 and 70. I never know when I get up if I'll be in shorts or a snow suit.Oopps, sorry about the rambling- I just came to invite you back to my blog for a peek. xo-jj

nice photostory and your Alice looks great ! I like her tattoo ( my 16 year old daughter wants one too, but she has to wait until she's 18 I said....)Can you send me the complete the serenity prayer ?..

Talk about Brokeback! Let me explain: They did not fight over me. Let me explain, The first blogger, she is captivating and very funny and very intelligent - she is writing her 5th novel! The second blogger, she was very nice but she loved in a Brokeback Mountain sort of way, yes hahahah!I did not know it then yet. Anyway, I had to tell No.2 that she cannot be a part of my life. I told No.1 recently why I stopped visiting and then apologized to her. She told me she understood and she was very gracious and said I did not need to apologize and she still visits my blog though she does not comment anymore. No.2 she started visiting you recently :) hahaha!

I was a dancer seems like a hundred years ago. I once owned horses and rode with the wind. I've skied Black Diamond trails and avoided the moguls. I am the sum of all that I have experienced, but don't add me up yet; I still have a few numbers to throw in! My husband of 35 years had Stage IV lung/bone/brain cancer; now he's gone and only love remains.